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Workers Circle and Sanctuary of the South Launch Unprecedented Campaign: No Human Being in Alligator Alcatraz Left Without Counsel
The Workers Circle and Sanctuary of the South (SOS) are stepping in. The two organizations have joined forces to launch an unprecedented intervention: to give every unrepresented person detained in Alligator Alcatraz sound legal counsel, and a real shot at securing their release. If they are transferred, that support will go with them.
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Voices of the Families of People Detained, Tortured Immigrants at Alligator Alcatraz, together with Faith and Community Allies, Turn the Tide at Illegal Everglades Detention Center Alligator Alcatraz
More than 40 straight weeks of freedom vigil protests, congressional testimony, and tireless media efforts by families and allies cast stark light on shameful abuse of, discrimination against immigrants.
The Workers Circle among 200 Orgs and Experts Call for an End to Trump’s Threats of War Crimes and Call for Accountability
Workers Circle Joins 200+ Organizations Warning Against Escalation with Iran.
Workers Circle Advocacy Spurs Senate Probe into Alligator Alcatraz Abuse Allegations
A Florida immigration detention site known as “Alligator Alcatraz” is under investigation by U.S. senators following serious allegations of abuse and torture
In the New York Times: Florida’s Immigration Crackdown Underscores Urgency of Our Vigil Work
As Florida ramps up immigration enforcement and arrests, advocates like the Workers Circle warn of growing fear — underscoring the need for public solidarity and vigil.
Freedom Vigil at ICE Washington Field Office in Chantilly, VA Calls for Dignity, Transparency, and Accountability
Community members, advocates, and faith leaders will gather for the first-ever Freedom Vigil at the ICE Washington Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia, calling attention to the expansion of immigration detention and its impact on individuals and families.
Freedom Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz featured in Mother Jones
In case you missed it, Mother Jones featured a story about Workers Circle organizer Arianne Betancourt and the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Workers Circle brings families of those imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on DHS Oversight
On March 3, 2026, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement policies. The Workers Circle supported family members of individuals detained in ICE facilities — including Alligator Alcatraz, Krome Detention Center in Miami, and Stewart Detention Center in Georgia — so they could attend the hearing, ensuring lawmakers and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted the human impact of current enforcement policies.
ICE Out of Our Communities; No More Money for ICE’s Deadly Terror
We call on Congress to stop funding the Department of Homeland Security and its ICE operations.
Freedom Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz featured on NPR/WLRN
In case you missed it, NPR/WLRN featured a story about the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
“The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’” The Workers Circle featured in The Guardian
In case you missed it, The Guardian featured a story about the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
What Virginia’s election teaches about power in numbers
Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback co-writes an op-ed in the Virginian Pilot about the power of grassroots organizing to revitalize democracy as shown by the 2025 Virginia elections.
Freedom Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz featured on BBC
In case you missed it, BBC featured a story about the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
“Sunday vigil at Alligator Alcatraz grows in defiance of Trump’s immigration policy” The Workers Circle featured in El País
In case you missed it, El País featured a story about the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Communities Nationwide Mobilize for “Disappeared In America” Weekend of Action, Demanding Justice for Immigrant Communities
As the Trump administration continues its cruel campaign of detentions, deportations, and disappearances targeting immigrant communities, thousands of people across the country will gather on November 1–2 for the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action.
“Alligator Alcatraz snaps back to life after judges’ reprieve of Florida’s migrant jail” The Workers Circle featured in the Guardian
In case you missed it, the Guardian featured a story about the Workers Circle’s efforts to organize vigils outside of the inhumane immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Standing Up to ICE Is a Moral Imperative.
In this powerful op-ed in The Progressive magazine, Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, draws a chilling parallel between her great uncle’s disappearance during the Holocaust and the current wave of ICE raids targeting noncitizen residents across the U.S. She exposes how federal agents, often aided by local sheriffs, are detaining immigrants without due process, and calls on communities to take action. Through the #DisappearedInAmerica campaign, Toback urges voters to pressure their elected sheriffs to stop cooperating with ICE, warning that these unconstitutional actions threaten not just immigrants — but the future of American democracy itself.
“Disappeared in America”: Social Justice Leaders, Including Workers Circle Director of Social Justice Noelle Damico, Unite to Expose Unlawful Detentions and Demand Accountability
Juan Cuba of Sheriff Accountability Action and Noelle Damico of the Workers Circle join Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to discuss the “Disappeared in America” campaign—a cross-coalition collaboration across social justice groups that demands accountability for those who have been unlawfully detained and deported by the Trump administration
New York Residents Participate in Nationwide Demonstrations Confronting the Trump Administration’s Illegal Abductions, Detentions, and Deportations
On Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 noon, the Workers Circle gathered NYC residents at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse to join activists across the country for #DisappearedInAmerica, a national day of action led by a coalition of immigrant rights, faith, rule of law, and pro-democracy organizations.